Spark Plug

Radio host, journalist and podcaster Nora Young has a new show and podcast on CBC Radio. According to the site: "Spark is your guide to the Next Big Thing. On-air and online, join Nora Young for a surprising and irreverent look at tech, trends, and fresh ideas." The program, Sark, launched today with

• Donna Bell from Ryerson University's Academic Integrity office on the ways students use technology to cheat
• Mark Federman on the changing culture of learning and creation
• Scott Moschella on cleaning your keyboard in the dishwasher.
• Ana Serrano on Late Fragment, a Canadian interactive film showing at the Toronto International Film Festival
• A call for your long-distance love stories.
• Thomas Kriese on Omlet, an urban chicken habitat.

The show also uses only Creative Commons music and sound effects so the podcast is exactly what you hear on the radio.

For more info visit the Spark homepage, or the Spark blog you can also download new episodes of the podcast directly from the blog (click here to download episode 1) or you can subscribe via iTunes or via RSS.